SOSA 3013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Mike Pence, Scapegoating, Moral Majority

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Soc & Social Anthropology
• Course: SOSA 3013
• Professor: Christopher Helland

Document Summary

All of the sociologists who did surveys and polls and predicted trump would never win were wrong. Issue of social class structure and culture and culture struggle: othering; scapegoating - religion is very good at scapegoating others. Democracy already in crisis rather than threat to democracy. This type of group attempts to satisfy all the spiritual and religious needs of the membership and forbids members from adhering to other faiths. Some may only demand a commitment to beliefs, however others will require a complete commitment that dominates the member"s life. These type of movements are concerned with reclaiming traditional moral and religious values. About power - therefore a strong focus on rules and regulation: deregulate industry and business, not regulate environment - apocalypse coming soon anyway so do not have to worry about it. Regulating and controlling the body (sexuality, gender roles, reproduction.